San Antonio College Library

In Rose Eichenbaum's third work on the confluence of art making and human expression, she delves into the lives of thirty-five celebrated actors through intimate conversations and photographic portraits. With her probing questions and disarming manner, she captures the essential character of her subjects while shining a light on the art that defines them. The work provides extraordinary insights on the craft of acting with discussions of process,...

"Some Like It Hot is a beloved part of our culture, voted the "Funniest Film of All Time" by the American Film Institute, but Tony Curtis is the first to tell the complete, uncensored story of its making, a behind-the-scenes saga of intrigue, humor, and romance. A noted artist and raconteur, Tony paints word portraits of the geniuses who made the film: director Billy Wilder and his cowriter I.A.L. Diamond; actor Jack Lemmon; and sex icon Marilyn Monroe....

Publisher description: Today, we are so accustomed to consuming the amplified lives of film stars that the origins of the phenomenon may seem inevitable in retrospect. But the conjunction of the terms "movie" and "star" was inconceivable prior to the 1910s. Flickers of Desire explores the emergence of this mass cultural phenomenon, asking how and why a cinema that did not even run screen credits developed so quickly into a venue in which performers...

"Uses the English-born Hollywood star as a lens through which to examine the social changes that have yielded what we now call celebrity culture"--

Anecdotal reminiscences from childhood in Vienna through his Hollywood film making career, as told to Smith-Corona model 88E.

"This thorough guide to Chaplin's films traces his acting career chronologically. The author frames the biographical details of Chaplin's life within the context of his acting and filmmaking career, placing special emphasis on the films Chaplin directed/produced"--Provided by publisher.